The Chaperone

Louise Brooks is a rebellious 15-year-old schoolgirl who dreams of fame and fortune in the early 1920s. She soon gets her chance when she travels to New York to study with a leading dance troupe for the summer — accompanied by a watchful chaperone. Courtesy of Gracenote.

Datebook Review

“Louise Brooks is not supposed to be drinking. First of all, it’s Prohibition, so no one is supposed to be drinking. Second, it’s 1922, and she’s barely 16. Third, her mother has entrusted her in the care of a chaperone, who has accompanied her to New York, so that Louise could stay safe…”
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